DIEGO SIMEONE HAS BEEN PUSHING FOR THE DEFENDER TO JOIN HIM IN THE SPANISH CAPITAL, AND HE HAS CONVINCED HIM THAT A MOVE TO THE METROPOLITANO IS THE RIGHT MOVE. AS REVEALED BY TBR FOOTBALL, DANIEL LEVY OFFERED ROMERO A NEW CONTRACT, BUT THE DEFENDER HAS NOW INFORMED HIM THAT HE WANTS TO LEAVE.
THE 27-YEAR-OLD MADE IT CLEAR THAT HE WANTS A NEW CHALLENGE, AND ATLETICO WAS AN OPPORTUNITY TOO GOOD TO TURN DOWN.
TOTTENHAM AND ATLETICO MADRID CLOSE TO CRISTIAN ROMERO AGREEMENT.
TALKS BETWEEN TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR AND ATLETICO MADRID OVER A DEAL FOR CRISTIAN ROMERO ARE ONGOING, WITH THE LATTER MAKING AN OFFER WORTH £55 MILLION, SOURCES HAVE TOLD TBR FOOTBALL’S CHIEF CORRESPONDENT, GRAEME BAILEY.
LEVY HAD INITIALLY TOLD THE SPANISH CLUB THAT HE WANTED £59 MILLION FOR THE WORLD CUP WINNER; HOWEVER, TBR FOOTBALL HAS LEARNED THAT AN AGREEMENT IS NOW CLOSE.
THE SPURS CHAIRMAN WILL TRY TO HOLD OUT FOR HIS INITIAL VALUATION, BUT HE’S ACCEPTED THAT ROMERO IS EAGER TO LEAVE THE FOOTBALL CLUB, HAVING MADE A STRONG PUSH TO KEEP HIM.
THE 63-YEAR-OLD WAS WILLING TO MAKE ROMERO TOTTENHAM’S HIGHEST EARNER, WHICH THE DEFENDER SERIOUSLY CONSIDERED, BUT FOLLOWING AMICABLE TALKS, HE MADE IT CLEAR HE WANTED TO LEAVE.
ANGE POSTECOGLOU CALLED ROMERO ‘OUTSTANDING’ AND THE DEPARTURE OF THE 27-YEAR-OLD APPEARED TO DISAPPOINT THE ARGENTINE, WHO MADE HIS FEELINGS CLEAR ON HIS SOCIAL MEDIA.
ATLETICO ARE HAVING AN AMBITIOUS TRANSFER WINDOW, AND ARE CLOSE TO TAKING THEIR SUMMER SPEND TO OVER £200 MILLION BY ALSO SIGNING JOHNNY CARDOSO, ALEX BANEA AND MATTEO RUGGERI.
TOTTENHAM CENTRE-BACK OPTIONS AFTER CRISTIAN ROMERO AGREEMENT
TOTTENHAM BELIEVE KEVIN DANSO COULD START UNDER THOMAS FRANK NEXT SEASON, AS PER TBR FOOTBALL SOURCES, AND THEY ARE VERY HAPPY WITH THE DEFENDER.
THE AUSTRIAN INTERNATIONAL’S MOVE IS SET TO BECOME PERMANENT FOR £21 MILLION FOLLOWING HIS SOLID LOAN SPELL AT THE CLUB LAST TERM. ELSEWHERE, AN AGREEMENT FOR TOTTENHAM TO SIGN KOTA TAKAI IS ALSO CLOSE, WITH THE 20-YEAR-OLD JAPANESE DEFENDER EXPECTED TO MAKE THE MOVE TO NORTH LONDON.
HE WILL BE JOINED BY THE ARRIVAL OF ANOTHER YOUNG DEFENDER IN LUKA VUSKOVIC, WHO WILL FINALLY BECOME A SPURS PLAYER ALMOST TWO YEARS ON FROM WHEN HE SIGNED FROM HAJDUK SPLIT.
RADU DRAGUSIN COULD BE SOLD, AS REVEALED BY TBR FOOTBALL, WITH THE 23-YEAR-OLD HAVING FALLEN DOWN THE PECKING ORDER AT TOTTENHAM.
THE ROMANIAN DEFENDER HAS STRUGGLED TO MAKE MUCH OF AN IMPACT IN N17 SINCE HIS MOVE FROM GENOA, AND HE SEEMS KEEN ON A MOVE AWAY THIS SUMMER.
